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The Busy BeeVol. 2, Issue 15==========================================================April 17, 2013

------- Lifestyle -------------------------------------------Movie Review: Last Action Hero

by B. Thao

Lompoc, Calif. Its not every day that you find a

gem or realize that youve overlooked something

that has such hidden value as Arnold

Schwarzenegger. The Last Action Hero is one

of the movies I most often misquote because I

love it so much. Ill not go on and on about the

humor or action, but Ill say a few words aboutthe story and one very specific scene.

The story revolves around a high school

teenager who escapes reality by watching and

fantasizing about action movies. In particular, he

enjoys the fictional Jack Slater series, which a

appears to be a review or parody of the cop-

oriented action movies, more specifically the

Die Hard series. Arnold Schwarzenegger is the

star of the action series, and makes a cameo

appearance as himself in later scenes of themovie. Through the use of an interesting plot

twist and with a movie ticket with mystical Tibet

origins, this teenager is transported into the

movie Jack Slater IV, where he consistently and

comically analyzes the movie as Jack Slaters

action-movie comic side-kick. Unfortunately the

movie ticket is lost to the bad guys who escape

into the real world, and Jack Slater and the

teenager must stop him.Thats the story. Yes, its corny. Yes, its

worth your time.

But if thats not enough for you, I pose the

following: The Last Action Hero has one of the

most well-thought out car chase scenes in an

action comedy. Jack Slaters Pontiac Bonneville

convertible is chased by machine-gun toting bad

guys in a power-sliding Ford F-100; sticks of

dynamite are tossed between the cars;explosions happen; random bullets make the

cars of innocent bystanders explode; and a

Toyota Previa with a mini-gun blocks off a

bridge, forcing Jack Slater to drive off the bridge

to start a chase in the Los Angeles River Culvert.

The most important part is when mini-vans blow

up in mid-air for no apparent reason, or when

Jack Slater is driving with absolutely no-hands

on the steering wheel while making impressiveheadshots.

Ive not done this movie any justice with

this review, but youll just have to take my word

for it and watch the chase scene.

-------------------------- Bite-Sized Morsels ----------

Volkswagen overcomes clutch and driveshaft

issues to claim 1stand 3rd at World RallyChampionship Round 4 Portugal over the

ever consistent Mikko Hirvonen

The old 99 Miata is upgraded with Daisy

Wheels and a Recarco seat ahead of

Teststrecke Porsche 3 at Santa Maria Airport

presented by the California Central Coast

Region of the Porsche Club of America

Registration for the National Council of

Corvette Clubs: Vapor Trail Vettes low speedautocross at Santa Maria Airport on May 11 is

currently open

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